LipidDoc_ATL said:It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about.
Agreed on the substance. I would put less weight on the timescale, because two months of anything is not enough to distinguish a trend from a wobble.
That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.
wanda_boise said:Agreed, with a caveat about community reputation: it is a lagging indicator.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Taking it to my next appointment.
LipidDoc_ATL said:It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about.
Careful with the causal language. Two things moving together in a period when five things changed is not a mechanism, and stating it as one makes the thread less useful to somebody reading it later.
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Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.